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STATE v. TOWNSEND

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959 N.W.2d 605 (2021)

2021 S.D. 29

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ozie Lee TOWNSEND, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Opinion Filed May 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JASON R. RAVNSBORG , Attorney General, JOHN M. STROHMAN , Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

MARK KADI of Minnehaha County Office of the Public Advocate, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.

[¶1.] Ozie Lee Townsend was convicted of second-degree rape and simple assault. He appeals his conviction for second-degree rape, arguing that the circuit court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal because there was insufficient evidence of "force" as required under SDCL 22-22-1(2). Townsend also asks...

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